Improved barrel



N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WSHINGTON, D CA @anni @Mitra HENRY/ c.PORTER, oF GRAND RAPIDS, II'IIoHIeiIN.v

Leners Pawn No.A 102,432, and apra 26, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthesame .To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY G. PORTER, ofGrand Rapids, iu the county of Kent and in the State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and 'useful Im provements in Barrels; and do herebydeclare'that the' following is a full, clear, and exact'descriptiouthereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings and totheletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in anovel mode of constructingbarrels, kegs, casks, 86o., as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a vert-ical section, and

Figure 2 a plan View of my barrel.

Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged sections of the saine.

A and A represents two' hoops of suitable dimensions, pnt together asshown in fig. 1, their edges vbeing beveled so as to form a joint, andfurther secul'ed on the outside by means of metal strips a a.

At each end of the hoop thus formed, on the inside, is secured anotherhoop, B, of any desired width.

' Ou the inside ofthe hoops A A is secured a series of vertical met-alstrips,.bb, which pass on the outside of the hoops B B, and turn overthe edges so as to be fastened to the heads C C ofthe barrel.

The ends of the hoops B B are beveled on the inside, and the edges oftheheads O C are beveled to correspond, as shown in figs. 3 and 4, s'o asto t nicely.

The barrel, thus formed, lis strengthened onthe in-- side by ribs D Dextending from end to end of the barrel.l

The ends of the ribs D Dare beveled, and the head C O are cut out ornotched ou their inner sides so as to t ou the ends of said ribs.

The heads C O may befurthver strengthened by means of smallerv hoops Eon the outside of the barrel, and they may he further secured by smallmetal strips e e, as shown in figs. 3 and 4. lOne of said strips isnailed on the inside of one of the ribsD and bent over the edge of thehead, and secured to the outside of n the same. The other strip e issecured to the inside of the barrel itself, and fastened in like mannerto the outside of the head.

I do not mean to be understood as con'dninglmyself g to the use of allthese various parts in one barrel, keg, or cask, as I may, for instance,'use a series of hoops, A A', connected iu the manner above described,dispensing with the hoops B B; or, I may dispense with some of 'thefastenings, according as more or less strength is required.

Having thus fully described my invention,

. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a barrel having a series of horizontal sections,A or B, bevelingthe inner edges ofthe top section-aud the circumferenceof the top C, so, when placed together, they form an even surface ontop, as shown and described.

2. In combination with the top O and horizontal sections Aor B, theelongated brace b, which extends on the exterior ofA the sections,andlis bent over on the cover, and under on the bottom, all as setforth.

3. In combination with the top section B and cover C, (orbottom sectionand bottom proper,) the metallic brace e, passing from the inner partofthe section, between it and the cover', (or bottom,) and over and uponthe cover or bottom, asset forth.

In vtestimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 18thday of January, 1870.

HENRY G. PORTER.

' Witnesses:

. BENJAMIN A. HABLAN,

L. F. NEWTON.

